Validation of normalized pulse volume in the outer ear as a simple measure of sympathetic activity using warm and cold pressor tests: Towards applications in ambulatory monitoring

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-375

  Lee, Jihyoung ^a   Matsumura, Kenta ^a   Yamakoshi, Takehiro ^a   Rolfe, Peter ^b,c   Tanaka, Naoto ^a   Kim, Kyungho ^d   Yamakoshi, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Oxford BioHorizons Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cold pressor test; ear canal; normalized pulse volume (NPV); photoplethysmography; stress monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COLD WATERS; DAILY LIVES; EAR CANAL; INDEX FINGER; NORMALIZED PULSE VOLUME; SIMPLE++; STRESS MONITORING; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITIES;

PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874451220     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/3/359     Document Type: Article

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